NEW HAMPSHIRE - Monadnock

Headquarters of the Fitzwilliam Historical Society features exhibits pertaining to area history and development. Admission is free.

Built in 1806, Horatio Colony decorated his home with outstanding collections of furniture, artwork, books and silver. Admission is free. Nature Preserve, located on Daniel’s Hill Road, is three and one half miles of well-marked trails with numbered stops that point out dramatic geological features, historical ruins, and plant communities are located across the preserve. Admission is free.

Melville Academy has an excellent collection of Hannah Davis Bandboxes, scrapbooks documenting VIS activities, 19th century kitchen and agricultural tools, samplers made by local residents in the early 19th century, the old mailboxes of the Jaffrey Center Post Office (which closed in 1991), and other artifacts relating to life in 19th century Jaffrey Center. The upstairs has been maintained as a schoolroom, with information on Melville Academy. Cost: Admission is free.

This museum focuses on local history. Of particular interest are the early American kitchen display, the country store and the 19th century mill worker's home. Cost: Adults, $3, children under 12, free.

Changing exhibits of artwork, modern and historic. Admission is free.

Built in 1762, this museum is now furnished as a tavern and residence from that period. Historically, the first meeting of the Dartmouth College Trustees took place on the site in the 18th century. There is an admission fee.